Anaesthetic drug 'numbs memory'

Afghan foetus 'aborted by razor'
The family of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim face prosecution, accused of removing her foetus using a razor without anaesthetic.

Pandemic flu advice for UK doctors
GP surgeries have been told to prepare for seeing nearly 200 extra patients a week during the height of a flu pandemic.

China alert over bird flu death
Chinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.

Skin cancer 'ups new cancer risk'
Skin cancer patients have a higher chance of developing other forms of the disease, research suggests.

China investigates baby's death
Chinese officials investigate the death of a baby boy soon after he was fed baby milk powder.